“Insufficient incentives” and lack of investment mean the UK is on track to miss a government target of installing 600,000 electric heat pumps…
Continue ReadingGreen Upgrades Could Slash Energy Bills by up to £1800/Year
Written by Lauren Smith in Household & Bills
New research from WWF and Scottish Power has quantified just how much households could save on their energy bills—and add to their property’s…
Continue ReadingEnergy supplier Octopus is partnering with modular home builder ilke to construct zero-carbon houses that will also guarantee residents zero energy bills.
Continue ReadingA massive solar and wind farm in Morocco could provide round-the-clock clean electricity to Britain to power low-carbon heating systems if an ambitious…
Continue ReadingThird of Brits More Likely to Install Heat Pumps to Reduce Reliance on Russian Gas
Written by Lauren Smith in Household & Bills Oil & Gas
The need to ditch Russian gas has made a third (33%) of Britons more likely to replace their gas boiler with an electric…
Continue ReadingBritish Gas has installed its first heat pump at a home in Ivybridge, Devon, the beginning of a service it hopes will install…
Continue ReadingSix Million Families Face a £320 “Leaky Home Surcharge”
Written by Lauren Smith in Household & Bills
British households are bracing for a 50% increase in their energy bills from April, but for the six million families in poorly insulated…
Continue ReadingBritish Gas—supplier, servicer and repairer of many of the country’s boilers—is pivoting to low-carbon heating, starting sales of air source heat pumps next…
Continue ReadingBan on Gas Boilers Could Be Pushed Back to 2040
Written by Lauren Smith in Government Policy Household & Bills
Britons could be given five more years to replace their gas boilers, as the government bows to pressure from MPs over the high…
Continue ReadingUK Will Take 700 Years to Transition to Low Carbon Heat at Current Rate
Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy
The government must overhaul its domestic heat policy framework and speed up the rollout of low-carbon heating technologies or jeopardise its net-zero target,…
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